85 St-Forest Pkwy Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

Queens · J trains · From MTA open data, Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026 · Not affiliated with the MTA

2,195riders a day
#346 of 424busiest stations
+53.7%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is 85 St-Forest Pkwy?

About 2,195 riders a day enter 85 St-Forest Pkwy (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #346 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at 85 St-Forest Pkwy is up 53.7% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

When is it busiest?

Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 391 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 3).

  • 12 AM4
  • 1 AM3
  • 2 AM3
  • 3 AM12
  • 4 AM65
  • 5 AM143
  • 6 AM225
  • 7 AM391
  • 8 AM282
  • 9 AM174
  • 10 AM136
  • 11 AM104
  • 12 PM101
  • 1 PM116
  • 2 PM101
  • 3 PM100
  • 4 PM89
  • 5 PM81
  • 6 PM65
  • 7 PM49
  • 8 PM40
  • 9 PM25
  • 10 PM20
  • 11 PM8

Station report card

Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.

Accessible (ADA)No
Riders vs 201969% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026)

Where do riders from here go?

Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).

The top 5 destinations take 19% of subway trips that start at 85 St-Forest Pkwy.

  1. 1
    Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK AirportE J Z · Queens7.1%
  2. 2
    Jamaica Center-Parsons/ArcherE J Z · Queens6.2%
  3. 3
    Canal St6 J Z N Q R W · Manhattan2.5%
  4. 4
    Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan1.8%
  5. 5
    Fulton St2 3 4 5 A C J Z · Manhattan1.8%

Lines at this station

On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.

85 St-Forest Pkwy is served by the J train.

J train · 88.5% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
75 St-Elderts LnJ Z2,0120.4 mi
Woodhaven BlvdJ Z3,0600.5 mi
Cypress HillsJ7610.7 mi
104 StJ Z1,7080.8 mi
80 StA2,7100.9 mi

Questions

How many people use 85 St-Forest Pkwy station?

About 2,195 riders a day enter 85 St-Forest Pkwy (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #346 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is 85 St-Forest Pkwy station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 391 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 3).

Is 85 St-Forest Pkwy getting busier?

Ridership at 85 St-Forest Pkwy is up 53.7% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at 85 St-Forest Pkwy?

85 St-Forest Pkwy is served by the J train.

Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).

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